# Week 8 CFB -- Which AP Top Ten team(s) will lose? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 13, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144 "2013-10-13T16:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/1 "2013-10-13T16:16:37Z")
Rankings: Week 8 AP Top 25 1.Alabama 2.Oregon 3.Clemson 4.Ohio St. 5.Florida St. 6.LSU 7.Texas A&M 8.Louisville 9.UCLA 10.Miami (FL) ```auto 2013 NCAA Division I-A Football Schedule - Week 8 Group:FBS (Division I-A) Thursday, October 17 7:30 PM (10) Miami (FL) at North Carolina Friday, October 18 8:00 PM UCF at (8) Louisville Saturday, October 19 3:30 PM Iowa at (4) Ohio State 3:30 PM (9) UCLA at (13) Stanford 3:30 PM (24)Auburn at (7) Texas A&M 7:00 PM Arkansas at (1) Alabama 7:00 PM (6) LSU at Ole Miss 8:00 PM (5) Florida State at (3) Clemson 10:00 PM Washington State at (2) Oregon ``` Poll on the way… ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/2 "2013-10-13T17:17:21Z")
Why did you put in a “None of them” option? Either FSU or Clemson is going down. (Just trying to save someone the humiliation of taking that option.) Also, it looks like a week of great match-ups and potentially great games! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/3 "2013-10-13T17:32:37Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Why did you put in a “None of them” option? Either FSU or Clemson is going down. > > (Just trying to save someone the humiliation of taking that option.) > Also, it looks like a week of great match-ups and potentially great games! Good catch! It was a reflex action from last week, I guess. If anybody picks that option, I’ll disregard it. Too bad people will see the poll before this post. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/4 "2013-10-13T18:00:08Z")
Crap, crap, crap! I meant to pick UCLA, too! There’s no way I can fix that, is there? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/5 "2013-10-13T18:12:15Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Crap, crap, crap! I meant to pick UCLA, too! There’s no way I can fix that, is there? When I build the scoring array, I’ll add UCLA to your choices. Will that work for you? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/6 "2013-10-13T18:52:11Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > When I build the scoring array, I’ll add UCLA to your choices. Will that work for you? That’ll work just fine. Thank you. Also, I hope you don’t mind that I’ve been keeping a running point total for these things. If you keep doing the polls and the arrays, I’ll add everything up at the end of each week. Who knows? If you stick with this all season, **Zeldar** , I may chip in for a prize for the winner at the end. Here’s how we stand right now: Cumulative scoring. No penalties for incorrect picks, 1pt awarded for each correct pick. 2pts: **Labrador Deceiver, oakminster, Oredigger77** 1pt: \*\*armedmonkey, astorian, Fred Garvin, janeslogin, jsc1953, LuckyNumber85, Wolverine, Zakalwe \*\* Goose egg! **basset hound, Chargerrich, death of rats, Duckster, furt, Johnny Bravo, Munch, NicorGasMan, racer72, Rucksinator, skammer, Tazmanian Devil, The Universe Lashes Out, Zeldar** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/7 "2013-10-13T19:21:20Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > That’ll work just fine. Thank you. Also, I hope you don’t mind that I’ve been keeping a running point total for these things. If you keep doing the polls and the arrays, I’ll add everything up at the end of each week. Who knows? If you stick with this all season, **Zeldar** , I may chip in for a prize for the winner at the end. That sounds fun, and I don’t mind at all. It’s a good addition. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/8 "2013-10-14T16:26:11Z")
Here’s a first look at the voting. Note the () marks for **armedmonkey** as per post #5. As **R. P. McMurphy** pointed out in Post #2, NONE is an invalid option (sorry, my bad). If you didn’t/don’t pick either FSU or Clemson to be going down, you may post to that effect and I’ll fix the array for your late vote. ```auto =============================================================== Alabama Oregon Clemson Ohio St. Florida St. LSU Texas A&M Louisville UCLA Miami NONE ============================================================================================ Accidental Martyr 1 Florida St. armedmonkey (3) Florida St. Texas A&M (UCLA) Munch 3 Clemson Texas A&M UCLA R. P. McMurphy 1 UCLA Zeldar 2 Clemson Texas A&M ============================================================================================ 5 10 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 (3) 0 0 /10 =============================================================== ``` ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/9 "2013-10-14T17:07:47Z")
I’m not at all in this for the points, the glory or the fame, but I did want to be on record as knowing that Clemson was gonna lose to my 'Noles. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/10 "2013-10-14T18:33:34Z")
I picked Florida State and UCLA. Gave serious consideration to LSU and Auburn, but decided not to pull the trigger. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/11 "2013-10-15T12:50:26Z")
Here’s an update: ```auto Alabama Oregon Clemson Ohio St. Florida St. LSU Texas A&M Louisville UCLA Miami NONE ============================================================================================ Accidental Martyr 1 Florida St. armedmonkey (3) Florida St. Texas A&M (UCLA) Jimmy Chitwood 1 Clemson Labrador Deceiver 2 Florida St. UCLA LuckyNumber85 2 Clemson UCLA Munch 3 Clemson Texas A&M UCLA Oakminster 2 Florida St. UCLA Oredigger77 2 Clemson UCLA Quintas 1 Florida St. R. P. McMurphy 1 UCLA RetroVertigo 1 Clemson Snowboarder Bo 1 Clemson Zakalwe 2 Clemson UCLA Zeldar 2 Clemson Texas A&M ============================================================================================ 14 24 0 0 8 0 5 0 3 0 (8) 0 0 /24 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/12 "2013-10-16T13:11:18Z")
Just as a reminder, the poll closes tomorrow. That’s because of the game with Miami Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/13 "2013-10-17T11:59:27Z")
Here’s the latest summary: ```auto =============================================================== Alabama Oregon Clemson Ohio St. Florida St. LSU Texas A&M Louisville UCLA Miami NONE ============================================================================================ Accidental Martyr 1 Florida St. armedmonkey (3) Florida St. Texas A&M (UCLA) bump 2 Clemson UCLA Jimmy Chitwood 1 Clemson Labrador Deceiver 2 Florida St. UCLA LuckyNumber85 2 Clemson UCLA Munch 3 Clemson Texas A&M UCLA Oakminster 2 Florida St. UCLA Oredigger77 2 Clemson UCLA Quintas 1 Florida St. R. P. McMurphy 1 UCLA RetroVertigo 1 Clemson Snowboarder Bo 1 Clemson Sterling Archer 2 Clemson UCLA Wolverine 2 Clemson UCLA Zakalwe 2 Clemson UCLA Zeldar 2 Clemson Texas A&M ============================================================================================ 17 30 0 0 11 0 5 0 3 0 (11) 0 0 /30 =============================================================== ``` ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/14 "2013-10-17T14:12:43Z")
This week… I say UCF takes down Louisville, meaning Teddy Bridgewater drops a few slots in the draft and loses a few million dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/15 "2013-10-17T16:23:15Z")
Here’s the final array: ```auto =============================================================== Alabama Oregon Clemson Ohio St. Florida St. LSU Texas A&M Louisville UCLA Miami NONE ============================================================================================ Accidental Martyr 1 Florida St. armedmonkey (3) Florida St. Texas A&M (UCLA) astorian 1 Louisville bump 2 Clemson UCLA Jimmy Chitwood 1 Clemson Labrador Deceiver 2 Florida St. UCLA LuckyNumber85 2 Clemson UCLA Munch 3 Clemson Texas A&M UCLA Oakminster 2 Florida St. UCLA Oredigger77 2 Clemson UCLA Quintas 1 Florida St. R. P. McMurphy 1 UCLA RetroVertigo 1 Clemson Snowboarder Bo 1 Clemson Sterling Archer 2 Clemson UCLA Wolverine 2 Clemson UCLA Zakalwe 2 Clemson UCLA Zeldar 2 Clemson Texas A&M ============================================================================================ 18 31 0 0 11 0 5 0 3 1 (11) 0 0 /31 =============================================================== ``` ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/16 "2013-10-17T18:14:41Z")
Shoot, that was final? SIlly of me not to notice that either CLemson or Florida State HAS to lose. I say Florida State loses, as well as Louisville. (And that Texas throws a pile of money at Dabo Swinney one day soon.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/17 "2013-10-17T18:22:56Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Crap, crap, crap! I meant to pick UCLA, too! There’s no way I can fix that, is there? > [@Zeldar](#): > > When I build the scoring array, I’ll add UCLA to your choices. Will that work for you? > [@astorian](#): > > Shoot, that was final? SIlly of me not to notice that either CLemson or Florida State HAS to lose. > > I say Florida State loses, as well as Louisville. (And that Texas throws a pile of money at Dabo Swinney one day soon.) I’ve added FSU to your choices. No harm done. Anybody else want a fix? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/18 "2013-10-19T03:30:35Z")
I predict Louisville loses this week. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/19 "2013-10-19T03:34:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > This week… I say UCF takes down Louisville, meaning Teddy Bridgewater drops a few slots in the draft and loses a few million dollars. Nicely done, there, **astorian**! felt I had an inside track watching that game’s last quarter. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144/20 "2013-10-19T03:43:01Z")
Here’s the touched-up final version with the last-minute fixes. ```auto =============================================================== Alabama Oregon Clemson Ohio St. Florida St. LSU Texas A&M Louisville UCLA Miami NONE ============================================================================================ Accidental Martyr 1 Florida St. armedmonkey (3) Florida St. Texas A&M (UCLA) astorian (2) (Florida St.) Louisville bump 2 Clemson UCLA Jimmy Chitwood 1 Clemson Labrador Deceiver 2 Florida St. UCLA LuckyNumber85 2 Clemson UCLA Munch 3 Clemson Texas A&M UCLA Oakminster 2 Florida St. UCLA Oredigger77 2 Clemson UCLA Quintas 1 Florida St. R. P. McMurphy 1 UCLA RetroVertigo 1 Clemson Snowboarder Bo 1 Clemson Sterling Archer 2 Clemson UCLA Wolverine 2 Clemson UCLA Zakalwe 2 Clemson UCLA Zeldar 2 Clemson Texas A&M ============================================================================================ 18 32 0 0 11 0 (6) 0 3 1 (11) 0 0 /32 =============================================================== ``` Sorry, **TonySinclair** , but there’s such a thing as too too late. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-8-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/671144.md?page=2)